Artists // Miklos Gaál // Vita:
Miklos Gaál
*1974, Espoo, Finland
Miklos Gaál is one of the most acclaimed Finnish photographers of his generation. He is particularly interested in emphasizing the subjective nature of experience by decontextualising the subject matter. Gaál’s unconventional approach to his photography work makes him a unique and important artist. In a published interview with art historian Dr. Lars Mextorf, Gaál summarizes his approach to photography: “As my perception of making images was that of a draughtsman involving a close relationship to the process of making, in photographic techniques also I had the idea of producing images utilizing photographic materials and techniques in various different ways... such as the stopping of a moment and the illusion of reality.”
www.miklosgaal.com
1993 - 1995
Borga School of Crafts and Industrial Art, Porvoo, Finland
1995 - 1999
Bachelor of Arts (Graphic Design) University of Arts and Design Helsinki, Finland
1997 - 1998
University for Photography and Film, Gothenburg, Sweden
1999 - 2004
Master of Arts (Photography), University of Arts and Design Helsinki, Finland
2008 - 2009
Rijksakademie 2 Year Post-Graduate Program, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2010
Selbstvergessenheit, WAGNER + PARTNER, Berlin, Germany
Unearthed, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, UK
Pluie d’Images Festival, Brest, France
2009
Coastline, Galerie Momentum, Vienna, Austria
Galleria Heino, Helsinki, Finland
2008
Finlandinstituttet, Stockholm, Sweden
2007
Sights, Gallery Artcore, Toronto, Canada
Royal Wedding and other Works, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006
Sightseeing Tour, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany
Centro Mariantônia de Arte Contemporanea (with Juha Nenonen), Sao Paulo, Brazil
Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere, Finland
2011
MärklinWorld, Kunsthal KadE, Amersfoort, Netherlands
(24 September 2011 – 8 January 2012)
2010
Digital? Analog!, Huis Marseille Museum for Photography, Amsterdam, Netherlands
(27 November 2010 until 27 February 2011)
Highlighted, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Landscape without Horizon, Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau, Germany
RijksakademieOPEN 2009, Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Germany
The Helsinki School – Urban Space, Gallery TaiK, Berlin, Germany
2009
Just Around the Corner, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
Open studios, Rijksakademie Amsterdam, Netherlands
Surface, Turku Biennial, Turku, Finland
Megalomania, Galleria Huoltamo, Tampere
Autres Mesures - Centre photographique d’Ile-de-France, Pontault Combault, France
2008
Fluid Street, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Open studios, Rijksakademie Amsterdam, Netherlands
Locked- in, Casino Luxemburg, Luxembourg
Industrielle Bildwelten, Tiroler Industrie in zeitgenössischer Kunst, DASA, Dortmund
2007
Hängung #1, Fotografie. Sammlung Allison und Peter Klein, Nussdorf, Germany
Laatikko, Galleria Alkovi Helsinki, Finland
Industrielle Bildwelten, Tiroler Industrie in zeitgenössischer Kunst, Stadtforum, Innsbruck, Austria
Photo Finnish – The Helsinki School, The Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland
Kiasma Museum for Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
EMMA Espoo Museum for Contemporary Art, Finland
Uppsala Konstmuseet, Sweden
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands
FNAC, Paris, France
DZ Bank Collection, Frankfurt, Germany
Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden, Germany
Musée de I’Elysée, Switzerland
Calder Foundation, New York, USA
Collection Allison und Peter W. Klein, Nussdorf, Germany
Saastamoisen Säätiö Foundation, Finland
Microsoft Collection, Seattle, USA
Sal. Oppenheim Collection, Cologne, Germany
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Imitation of Life
Photographs 1999-2003
Text: Dr. Andreas Vowinckel
Publisher: Kunstverein Göttingen
Year published: 2004
Languages: English, German
Hardcover, 62 pages, 29 images
ISBN 3-9807213-4-5
Sightseeing Tour
Text: Nils Ohlsen
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Year published: 2005
Languages: English, German
Hardcover, 56 pages, 34 images
ISBN 978-3-7757-1608-6
